JBeukema
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Well, you ask if my grandchildren "deserve" to own what I created. My question is, who deserves to own my creation MORE than my own family?
The rest of the world shouldn't have the wheel, internal combustion engines, or airbags without paying some random person who did nothing because someone who died 300, 200, or 70 years ago filed a scrap of paper?
Actually, all of those things would be patented, not copyrighted. Quite different. Furthermore, copyrights and patents don't prevent people from having those things. They merely prevent people other than the inventor - or his heirs - from PROFITING from the invention without paying him for its use. Are you suggesting that big corporations should be able to use some poor little inventor's work to make obscene amounts of money without having to pay for his labor?
I don't think some random great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandkid of some caveman should get a bit of Ford's money because the cars have wheels.